GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |